VERNON — Police released a facial reconstruction Tuesday afternoon of a woman whose skeletal remains were found on West Street last year in hopes of identifying her.

Little information on the remains had been released by the Vernon Police Department since the bones were found by a local resident in a wooded part of West Street near South Street. The remains were determined to be from a single person.

"[We] are hoping by publicizing this someone will come forward," Lt. William Meier said during a press conference Tuesday at Vernon Police Department.

Officials believe the woman depicted in the sketch was Caucasian, between 40 and 50 years old and 5 feet to 5-foot-3, based on the remains. Officials said these were just approximations and could differ from the age and stature of the woman when she was alive.

The cause and manner of woman's death are still under investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Meier said.

He also said he could not comment on how long the remains may have been in that area before they were located.

In May of 2013, police announced that they had ruled out the possibility that the bones belonged to any of the three girls who disappeared from the area in the 1960s and 1970s: Lisa White, Debra Spickler and Janice Pockett.

The sketch of the woman was done by Katlyn Norman, a medical student at Quinnipiac University from Ledyard, based on biological information developed by her professor, Richard Gonzalez. Both Gonzalez and Norman had analyzed the skull and taken measurements before Norman began sketching the reconstruction.

DNA from the bones was entered into a national database, but no match was found, Meier said, though he cautioned that many older missing-persons cases do not have DNA evidence.

Police said they hope to receive information from the public about who this woman might be and will continue to work with experts along with the state police's missing persons unit to investigate the case.

Anyone with information about the woman's identity are being asked to call the police department at 860-872-9126 and can remain anonymous.